Trump Threatens To Block Opening Of Gordie Howe Bridge

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trump-gordie-howe-bridge-9.7081924 > U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit. > > "I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve," Trump wrote in the post on Monday. > > CBC News has asked the White House for further clarification. > > Trump made the threat amid a 299-word post in which he said Canada has treated the U.S. "very unfairly for decades," complained that the bridge was built "with virtually no U.S. content" and repeated his criticism of Prime Minister Mark Carney "wanting to make a trade deal with China." > > "With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset," he wrote. > > The $6.4 billion cost of the... > > Click to expand... Read more